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... year of schooling.7 Both studies are careful to point out that better access to RH programs led to lower fertility, and that the lower fertility led to higher levels of www.prb.org Finally, there ... access to family planning as teenagers completed about half a year more of schooling over their lifetimes, were percent more likely to work in the formal sector, and were percent less likely to cohabit ... particularly for wealthy and high-status women, may allow women to receive RH services and have fewer children but may also require her to work at home rather than to engage in salaried labor However,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 16:20

... through what emerging threats they should worry about to what to in response, cost-effectiveness questions will also come into play: If it is possible to address some threats that are lower on ... about what infrastructures might be vulnerable to what kinds of attack, how various esoteric chemicals might be used to injure or kill, and even how electrical generators might be used to create ... fortifications to keep small planes from being able to fly into key targets, radars powerful enough to detect very small aerial objects, or even air-defense systems at important locations to shoot...

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Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 23:20

... point of view: what does it mean to know, to identify, to appreciate and to valuate a wine? What its aesthetical properties correspond to? And in general what is the relationship between subjectivity ... instructions were simply to watch the movie Participants were free to choose what to look at, how long to look at it, etc Despite the uncontrolled nature of the free viewing task there were high, ... relation between nature and culture) Contributors are invited to submit papers along those guidelines All editorial correspondence should be addressed to Deadline: 30 October...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20

... 1,119) refused or were unable to answer the household income question We Respondents were given 10 household income intervals with a top code of”$25,000 or more” from which to select In the computations ... assumption to some degree To apply weighted casewise deletion to the LAMP data, we created 12 weighting classes based on respondent race/ethnicity; health insurance status; and responses to a question ... 10/24/03 What should we about missing data? Page 25 of 60 missingness is nonignorable In an attempt to resolve questions of this kind, we turn next to simulations based on the LAMP data Simulations We...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... DCs secrete IL-10 as a suppressive factor Inflammatory cytokines in myeloma could lead to maturation of DCs and to the induction of Foxp3 expressing regulatory T cells Curcumin treated DCs are ... remains, however, to be answered Patients with MGUS are often without symptoms Preventive strategies can therefore not use the effect of intervention on symptoms as early indicators of “success” ... clone, as well as the decrease in a urinary marker of bone turnover as indicators MGUS is associated to osteoporosis [14] and excess of bone resorption was associated to earlier progression to malignancy...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 13:22

... Question: WHAT SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT? We worry because we are built to anticipate the future Nothing can stop us from worrying, but science can teach us how to worry better, and when to stop worrying ... respect What s more, even if we understood exactly what kind of information has to be brought together in precisely what combinations and quantities to ignite a spark of consciousness, we d still ... the issue and deciding what to about it Yet we largely ignore it and are curiously complacent about life as we know it getting transformed What we should be worried about is that we re not worried...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 02:10

... technology has the potential to increase access to, and quality of, health care services and to lower health system expenditures[2,3] Thus, introducing telehealth as a tool to support the delivery of ... Results A total of 40 physicians and 14 managers were interviewed Perceived telehealth benefits For a majority of physicians and managers, telehealth was perceived as a powerful tool to improve ... Analyses were then compared and adjusted after a consensus discussion with the research team To assess divergences and convergences between physicians' and managers' views, as well as to gain...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:22

... of patients 275 Total 138 Normothermia 137 Hypothermia 77 Total 34 Normothermia 43 Hypothermia Criteria Inclusion Witnessed arrest Arrest secondary to VF Age 18–75 years

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21

... these cases, the airway pressure may be allowed to drop below PEEP to facilitate expiratory flow The advantages or disadvantages of this method remain to be elucidated New modes and new techniques ... amounts of PSV to cause hyperinflation and auto-PEEP (positive end-expiratory pressure) Alterations in pulmonary mechanics, along with the preference of the COPD patient for short inspiratory times ... method of support during spontaneous breathing that improves patient–ventilator synchrony as compared with PSV Additional clinical studies are required to complement the excellent laboratory work...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:22

... trauma life support Is intubation actually beneficial, and what are the risks and benefits associated with this intervention? Should a physician perform the intubation? Finally, should severely ... their advanced trauma life support [7–12] Some experts, however, argue that out-of-hospital intubation may be deleterious to traumatized patients who are not in respiratory distress, because of ... 486) but, in contrast to the suggestion by Christensen and Hoyer, Lockey and coworkers attribute this adverse outcome to the severity of the sustained injuries rather than to the quality of care...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... have shown that SP-A and SP-D bind to respiratory viruses such as RSV, influenza virus, cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus type to function as opsonins or to mediate viral aggregation [30-37] ... inspiratory pressures in patients with small airway disease Furthermore, in the first study by Luchetti and colleagues [26] there was no weaning protocol, large tidal volumes of 10 ml/kg were used ... SP-D is unclear [40-43] Recruitment of inflammatory effector cells such as neutrophils appears also to be mediated by SP-A [31,32] In contrast, however, increased neutrophil counts have also been...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:20

... produce fatigue of the respiratory muscles [35] if patients were allowed to continue spontaneous breathing without ventilator assistance Recent evidence, however, does not support the existence of ... (requiring rest to recover) is the cause of weaning failure [1,34] This is because the load that the respiratory muscles of patients who fail to wean are facing is increased to a range that would ... fail to wean is not known Even if this were the case, however, animal studies suggest that complete unloading of the respiratory muscles delays high frequency fatigue reversal, and thus CMV should...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:20

... relate predominantly to an increase in oxygen consumption, a decrease in oxygen delivery or, more probably, a failure to increase delivery to match increased consumption What is more, these observations ... of how long GDT should be continued remains unanswered Several recent successful GDT trials have opted for short periods of early treatment lasting between and hours [4,6,7] However, GDT has also ... McGloin H, Saberi D, Caudwell L, Brady AR, Singer M: Randomised controlled trial assessing the impact of a nurse delivered, flow monitored protocol for optimisation of circulatory status after cardiac...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... allowing insulin infusion rates to be limited to a level lower than usual, or from the intrinsic quality of the algorithm used, which is based on the glucose-insulin regulatory system model (capturing ... Finally, SPRINT should be relatively simple to implement in numerous ICUs as a paperbased protocol, presented in an original form using a wheel, without need for computational resources Weaknesses ... resources Weaknesses of SPRINT rest in its inability to monitor parameters related to the quality of glucose control as SPRINT is a paper-based protocol Most importantly, despite the favourable subjective...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20

... [19] The SPRINT study supports this premise Frequency is crucial, however laborious it may be What can we expect going forward? We can expect that the world will continue to use intensive insulin, ... outstripping the crude tools used at the bedside to measure blood glucose and to respond to its variation in concentration Software-driven insulin dosing is better than paperdriven insulin protocols Software ... doi:10.1186/cc9236 Cite this article as: Nasraway SA Jr, Rattan R: Tight glycemic control: what we really know, and what should we expect? Critical Care 2010, 14:198 ...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... since each mile of wetlands reduces storm surge by several inches It could cost up to $14 billion to restore coastal wetlands.13 Do it We can put some architectural excitement into the city with ... them to a ball game? We fly them over here Some go to Boston, some to Cincinnati, some to L.A., some to Phoenix Put them up in a hotel, pay for their meals, cabs, souvenirs, and tickets to a major-league ... few years (Medicare benefit payments totaled $374 billion in 2006.60) What to do? Well, if we can’t increase the supply of money fast enough, let’s see what we can about decreasing the demand The...

Ngày tải lên: 04/11/2014, 05:44

... tend to clasp their hands together, nervously, or fiddle with their jewelry Since we' re constantly sending out these powerful messages, it's clear we should make an effort to learn more about what ... want to go to a movie, but they ask their parents to take them to expensive vacation spots When their parents say that such trips are too expensive, their children would ask, "Could we just go to ... persuasion The Magic Button to Influence People and Yourself By Michael Lee, Author of How To Be An Expert Persuader Want to know a powerful covert influence tool that allows you to get anything you...

Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2012, 09:37

... department Login Login to system Logout Logout of system Register to “incoming book” Store date, type of documents and number of documents Store Store document into database Hide from web Set the document ... - Use case name Store into database - Actor Administration department - Purpose Store document into database - General description Attach document into the form and upload into database - References ... Register to “incoming book” - Actor Administration department - Purpose Register to “incoming book” - General description Insert document’s information into “incoming book” form and store into database...

Ngày tải lên: 23/11/2012, 15:04